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Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.

Henrik Ibsen

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Henrik Ibsen
Age: 78 †
Born: 1828
Born: March 20
Died: 1906
Died: May 23
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When we dead awaken ... we see that we have never lived.
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A friend married is a friend lost.
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I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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The majority is always wrong the minority is rarely right.
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The majority never has right on its side.
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Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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And what if I did run my ship aground oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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The greatest victory is defeat.
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